Category: Out of Write, Out of Mind

Exploring Relationships, Love, and Life

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It’s All About Love

I know we are nearing Valentine’s Day, but we can read love stories at any time of the year, and when it comes to reading books about love, there are many themes that you can explore. If you’re looking for a book to give someone who loves reading, look no further. Here are 4 of…
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My Favorite Things: Socialbee

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. As a self-published writer, I am not constantly thinking about social media presence. I’d rather be writing a novel, not a social media post. (smiley face here) How do we get the word out about our events and create more engaging content? I’m big on creating habits and systems…
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Latest Downtime Project

I can’t stay still for long. Even my downtime is semi-organized into projects. My latest project has been creating a space for the world of Illia where The Chronicles of Discovery series takes place. Enter WorldAnvil, which is like is a world-building space for novelists, dungeon masters, and game creators. I have been keeping all…
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Journey into Mapmaking

When I started to make a map of Illia, I found a browser map site called Azgarr’s Fantasy Map Generator. I played with the configurations until I found something I liked. Be warned though. If you don’t download to your Dropbox you and just save to your browser if you clear your browser cache you…
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Trying Something New

I will be the first to admit I’m not the most outgoing person ever. I have trouble sometimes interacting with others, not inside my small circle, and I take time to decompress after gatherings. I’m a typical introvert, and I don’t push myself to get involved with things that don’t interest me. That might have…
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Group Promos and New Book Teasers, Oh my!

This month is going to be busy. I have joined a book promo group on Story Origin, and the beta read for The Broken Bond A.K. A UFB1 is going out on February 10th. The Book promo is called Fall in Love with Kindle this February. It works like this: a bunch of other authors…
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Planner Setup

Every year, I make a new planner with new goals. Planning has been a part of my life since my grade school days. Many of the kids would wait till the last second and dash off a hastily written homework assignment, but I was never that kid. The odd kid out, I was the one…
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Setback

The tongue-in-cheek art above accurately portrays my frustration at the situation. I started this post on my computer to find out that it seems another hard drive is messed up. I got back from the repair guy, and unfortunately, it is still not fixed, but I don’t blame him. He did everything in his power…
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Book Writing Plans for 2022

I’ve been considering my plans for next year regarding writing, and after much waffling and asking questions. I think I’ve developed a program that will make my readers happy and is workable. UFBS- Unnamed Fantasy Book Series (UFB1, UFB2, UFB3) I’m planning on publishing this trilogy with the books coming out one month apart. I…
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Crafting Update

I’ve taken this approach to crafting lately. I’ve been putting so much time into the next book that is the first of a series that my crafting has taken a backburner. That said I did make some scrubbies for a friend by request. She wanted blues.